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YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users (www.404media.co)
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Firefox users are reporting an 'artificial' load time on YouTube videos. YouTube says it's part of a plan to make people who use adblockers "experience suboptimal viewing, regardless of the browser they are using."

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[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But they aren't controlling all electronic means of communication for 90% of the continental United States, as AT&T did in the ma' bell and pa' bell days.

Google controls over 90% of the search business in the US and that's the way the vast majority of people begin their browsing. It's why US v Google is currently in the courts

[–] Kodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.dev 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

MS vs US back in the 90's did not result in anything significant. This pretty much will happen again with Google. Some lobbyists will just do their thing, some minor slaps in the wrist and concessments between DoJ and Alohabet etc and Google will continue to Googling around.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not trying to argue there's appetite to break up Google among the people with the power to do it. I'm just arguing Google has a monopoly similar to Ma Bell.